Eastern Conference (NHL)

Jason Johnson drove a left-footed shot into the far corner of the net in the second minute of stoppage time, lifting the Chicago Fire to an unlikely 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night at Toyota Park. The decisive sequence started when Johnson and Michael Stephens raced down the right side on a counterattack. Johnson ran ahead of Stephens, who delivered a sharp pass to the top right corner of the box. Johnson juked two defenders and beat Seattle goalie Troy Perkins into the left corner. The Fire (5-9-3), last in the Eastern Conference, beat the Sounders (10-8-2), co-leaders of the Western Conference, for the first time. The Fire outshot Seattle 16-9 and...

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